Hell

Praise God For Saving Us!!

I saw a book advertised on the internet the other day titled “23 Minutes In Hell”. It was a downloadable book, so I downloaded it. Reading it has changed me inside. I have had a burden for those who are lost, but now I have a burning desire to see everyone I know and minister to know what will happen if they don’t accept Jesus as their Savior and turn their lives over to Him.

In these “Notes From Mom” I am going to give you excerpts from that book. It is my desire that you not only read this Newsletter but that you allow God to touch your heart as never before. If you haven’t accepted Him or if you have been wondering if you really need to accept Him, I suggest you do so. There will be a prayer at the end of this to help you to be sure you are not going to hell when you die.

I will put the words of the book in italics like this. My words will be in the normal type. I might point out here that everything he experienced has been proven to be described in the Bible. He gives many scriptures to back up what he experienced.

The man who had this experience was a Christian man with a Christian wife. Jesus assigned this appointment to him so he could come back and tell all who would listen what it is really like in hell. He was asleep as normal, and at 3:00 am in the morning he found himself being hurled through the air, then fell to the ground. He found himself in what appeared to be a prison cell.

“The walls were made out of rough-hewn stone and a door made of what appeared to be thick metal bars. I was completely naked, which added to the vulnerability of a captive. This was not a dream—I was actually in this strange place. I was fully awake and cognizant. I had no idea what had happened, how I had traveled, or why I was there until it was shown to me and explained later during my journey.

“The very first thing I noticed was the temperature. It was hot…far beyond any possibility of sustaining life. It was so hot I wondered why my flesh didn’t disintegrate from off my body. The reality was that it didn’t. This wasn’t a nightmare; it was real. The severity of this heat had the effect of taking every ounce of strength out of me.”

He had been taken to a place described in Isaiah 24:22 which says, “And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in prison.” Proverbs 7:27 refers to “chambers of death” in hell. You who are in prison consider yourselves in “hell on earth”. That is true to a point; but actual hell is thousands of times worse than what you are experiencing.

“As I lay there on the floor of that cell, I felt extremely weak. I noticed that I had a body, one that appeared just as it is now. Lifting my head, I began to look around. Immediately I realized that I was not alone in this cell. I saw two enormous beasts, unlike anything I had ever seen before. These creatures were approximately 10 -13 feet tall. These creatures were not of this world. They were entirely evil and were gazing at me with pure, unrestrained hatred, which completely paralyzed me with fear.

“They weren’t animals, but they weren’t human either. Each giant beast represented a reptile in appearance, but took on human form. Their arms and legs were unequal in length and out of proportion. One had bumps and scales all over its grotesque body. It was pacing violently around the cell like a caged bull. The second beast was taller and thinner, with very long arms and razor-sharp fins that covered its body. Protruding from its hands were claws that were nearly a foot long. It was quieter and stood still.

“Suddenly they turned their attention to me. I felt helpless, trapped and frozen with fear. They possessed a hatred that far surpassed any hatred a human person could have; and now that hatred was directed straight at me. I wanted to get up and run, but I had absolutely no strength in my body. I felt so defenseless. I was mentally and emotionally drained even though I had only been there a few minutes.”

Psalm 88:4 says, “I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength.” As he lay there two more creatures came into the cell and it suddenly became pitch black. Lamentations 3:6 states, “He has set me in dark places like the dead of long ago.” There was no light of any kind. It was as if he was completely blind. I have often thought that some of the creatures in horror movies are replicas of the kind of beasts he describes.

“One of the creatures picked me up. The strength of the beast was amazing. I was comparable to the weight of a glass of water in its hand. Then the beast threw me against the wall and I crumbled onto the floor. It felt like every bone in my body had been broken. I felt pain, but somehow the brunt of the pain was blocked.”

“The second beast, with its razor-like claws and sharp protruding fins, then grabbed me from behind in a bear hug. As it pressed me into its chest, its sharp fins pierced my back. I felt like a rag doll in its clutches in comparison to its enormous size. He reached around and plunged his claws into my chest and ripped them outward. My flesh hung from my body like ribbons as I fell to the cell floor. Death penetrated me, but eluded me at the same time. I was conscious of the fact that there was no fluid coming from my wounds. No blood. No Water. Nothing!”

“I was extremely nauseous from the terrible foul stench coming from these creatures. If you could take every rotten thing you can imagine such as an open sewer, rotten meat, spoiled eggs, sour milk, dead rotting animal flesh, and sulfur and magnify it a thousand times, you might come close to the smells I encountered “Instinctively, I just knew that some of the things I experienced were a thousand times worse than what would be possible on the earth…things such as odors, the strength of the demons, the loudness of the screams, the dryness and the loneliness felt. Somehow I managed to move a bit and dragged myself across the ground toward the barred door. I couldn’t see, but I remembered the direction of the door that had been left open. I finally made it to the door and crawled out of the cell. Although I was now outside the cell, I could not run and fear continued to bind itself around me as a snake constricting its prey.

“I was horrified as I heard the screams of an untold multitude of people crying out in torment. It was absolutely deafening. The terror-filled screams seemed to go right through me, penetrating my very being.”

He had heard of the way it is in our prisons with prisoners crying, moaning and yelling all day and night long with no peace or rest. But he records that the place he was in was far, far worse than the reports he had heard. Our prisons are truly “hell on earth”, but they are still only a taste of the real thing.

“This place was so terrifying, so intense and so hostile that it would be impossible for me to exaggerate the horror. The darkness was not simply the absence of light…it had a distinctive evil presence, a feeling of death, a penetrating evil. I looked off to my right and could faintly see flames from afar off that dimly lit the skyline. I knew the flames were coming from a large pit, a gigantic raging inferno. One of the most painful thoughts I had was the realization that I could never get to my wife to tell her where I was. I could never leave this place. I would never see earth again.

“The air was filled with smoke, and a filthy, deathly decaying odor hung in the oxygen-depleted atmosphere. It seemed as if all the oxygen had been sucked up by the high leaping flames in the distance. I could barely breathe. There was no humidity or moisture in the air. It was exhausting even to try to get just one breath. One of the worst sensations I experienced was an insatiable thirst and dryness. It was so extremely thirsty. There was no water anywhere. I desperately longed for just one drop of water like the man in torment in Luke 16:23. “I wanted to talk and interact with someone, but a conversation with a human being was completely unattainable. It was a reality filled with an endless eternity of pain, loss, loneliness, and doom. I also realized this horror would last for eternity, and that knowledge thrust me into a frantic state of mind bordering on insanity. I didn’t even possess the thought of calling on God for help, because I was there as one who didn’t know God. The Lord didn’t even come to mind.

“One of the creatures grabbed me and threw me back into the cell and all four of them were on top of me…crushing my head and grabbing my arms and legs like they were going to tear me apart. I was so far beyond terrified that there are no words to describe it. Just as they were about to pull my body apart, I was taken out of the cell and placed next to the pit of fire I had seen.

“I was next to an enormous pit with raging flames of fire leaping high into an open cavern. The flames seemed to have a ravenous appetite and were never satisfied with the pitiful screams of untold multitudes. The heat was far beyond unbearable, and I desperately wanted to escape before I too would be thrown into that inferno. I could see the outlines of people through the flames. The screams from condemned souls were deafening and relentless. There was no safe place, no safe moment, no temporary relief of any kind. Horrible creatures surrounded the pit and there was no way of escape”

There is a lot more to the book but I am running out of space to write about it. He was taken out of hell through a tunnel that was over the cavern of the pit of fire. He was only there 23 minutes, but it seemed much longer. As he entered the top of the tunnel, Jesus was standing there. Peace replaced the terror when he was in the presence of Jesus, but it returned when he entered into his body again. His wife had to pray over him for a long time; and gradually he was able to enter into life again here on earth and tell his story.

As soon as he was before Jesus, the Lord restored an awareness in his mind that he was a Christian. He was comforted by the Lord; and the Lord reached down and touched him so that his strength was restored. Jesus told him to go and tell everyone so they could be saved from the terrible things he had experienced.

My prayer is that you will be forever changed after reading this. If you are already born again…read this out loud…get those around you to accept Jesus…have then repeat the prayer that follows. If you are not born again, I strongly suggest you say this prayer and secure your eternal abode with God in heaven rather than the pits of hell that you just read about.

“Father God, I thank you that Jesus died for me and paid the price for my sins so I could spend eternity with you. I ask you to forgive me for every sin I have ever committed. I also ask you to give me a holy boldness to share your wonderful saving grace with all those you bring across my path. I thank you for saving me today. Help me now to walk in your plan for my life and to understand your words as written in your Holy Bible. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen”

I would like to hear from you after you have read this. If you need a Bible or just need someone to talk to, let me know. I am here to help you to know Jesus and to find His plan for your life. No matter what you have done in the past, if you said that prayer, the Bible tells us your sins have been forgiven and forgotten by God, and you have a brand new life in Him. “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17.

I must also add here that Jesus told him, “I am coming very, very soon. Go while there is still time.” He didn’t just say soon, He didn’t just say very soon, He said VERY VERY SOON! We must be about our Father’s business…seeking the lost for Him.

May God bless you until we meet again.

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